Republicans call on Biden to resign after president announces he won't seek reelection

• Republican lawmakers are calling on President Joe Biden to resign after he announced that he will no longer seek reelection.
• "If Joe Biden is not fit to run for President, he is not fit to serve as President," Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said in a post on X. "He must resign the office immediately."
• White House physician Dr. Kevin O'Connor said in February that the president "is a healthy, active, robust 81-year-old male, who remains fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency."

Republican lawmakers are calling on President Joe Biden to resign after he announced Sunday that he will no longer seek reelection.

"If Joe Biden is not fit to run for President, he is not fit to serve as President," Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said in a post on X after Biden announced his decision. "He must resign the office immediately."

Other congressional Republicans, including House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik and the National Republican Senatorial Committee, echoed Johnson's message. Some even raised the prospect of invoking the 25th Amendment.

"Biden is a national security threat in great cognitive decline and a clear and present danger to every man, woman, and child in our country," former President Donald Trump's campaign said in a statement.

"The question then to Kamala Harris is simple: knowing that Joe Biden withdrew from the campaign because of his rapidly deteriorating condition, does Harris believe the people of America are safe and secure with Joe Biden in the White House for six more months," Trump's campaign said.

Biden, 81, has faced calls to drop out of the presidential race ever since his poor debate performance in June, where his verbal stumbles and hoarse voice elevated concerns